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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1933)
frONT BASEME VOLUME XXXIII 35,000 Fans Pablislied Weekly By The iv v • . *2! 1 COLIJGE STATON. TlkA. NOVEMBER 2», 1933 FOR S.W. A. A M Mkct of Texas i j NUMBER 11 Expected To Latest Crowd Id Several Years To Witness Annual Grid Contest / # • . i A. Indications are that approximately 36,000 football fans will gather at College Station tomorrow to witness the South west’s outstanding gridiron classic—the annual Thanks giving game between Coach Matty Bell’s Texas A and M Aggies and Coach Clyde Littlefield’s Texas University Long horns. /■ Although no definite program^ 1 * ha* been outlined for the enter tainment of the visitors before the game, the inspection of the new college buildings will likely occu py most of the visitors time as thfa will be the first outstanding at traction at A and M since the build ing program undertaken last year ha* been completed. Ex-students will find much pleasure in visiting their old haunts and telling the present “fish” what it was like when they were freshmen. The game will begin at 2:30, and during the half the A and M stu dent body will form the human *T” for which they are so fsm- * ous. Following the game, Dave Harman and his orchestra will play the Thanksgiving Ball, at the Mess Hall, honoring both Texaa A and M and Texas University football and cross country teams. Room reservations have been made by the * student* FARMERS’ OUSTANDING PLAYERS Fish Outplay Opponents In Scordess Content Held In Beaumont I^ast Saturday; Wright Outstanding Per former. > vacating Hart Hall for the week-end and al lowing their women guests to use them. Men visitors staying over the week-end will be allowed to stay with the students in the oth er dormitories. Because of the heavy traffic over the week-end. visitors are re quested to park their automobiles on the drill field as soon as they arrive on the campus iog space is cared for by the cam pus policemen. Arrangements have been made to keep the College Mess Hall open from eleven o'clock until one and a hot lunch will be served for forty cents. Other place* where meals will be served are: Ag- gieland Inn, Casey’s Confection ery, Aggieland Pharmacy, Mrs. Parkhill's Cafe, and .Mrs. Wright’s Lunch Counter. Playing almost wholly on the enemy’s side of the 60 yard line, i but failing to put in that little bit of extra: power at the goal line. Coach Koswell Higginbotham’s ' Aggie freshman eleven was held to a 0-0 deadlock in their last game of the season at Beaumont Friday night, November 24, by the strong I .a mar Junior College Car dinals., The Lam*r Junior College, which is a top favorite to win tbr Junior College State Champion ship, was roundly outplayed by the freshmen and did net make even one serious scoring threat during the entire game. The Junior Col lege boys mrera playing under cov er, however, because next week they will play the semi-final* for State Champion* and were afraid that scouts would be observing their pet ptar*- Thanksgiving Game ♦ L (Entire Farmer Team Available • 1 1 4 For Closing Conference Game Texaa A and M’a Fighting Farmers will meet the Texas University Orange and White Longhorns at 2;30 tomorrow on historic Kyle Field in the Southwest’s outstanding grid iron spectacle of the year. Although both teams have aspired highly at one time during the season to win the conference, neither is now in the race for championship honors, but fans -» -♦a-IB likely sec the grestest battle of the football season as both EDS HE Puentes, Aggie ( aptain. Leads Team In Conference Meet ing At Houston; Aggies May Be Given Champion ship. DAVE HARMAN TO PLAY FOR ANNUAL THANKSGIVING HOP Nationally Famous Orchestra Leader and Band To Play Dance Honoring Football and Crow-Country Teams. Dave Harman and his Orches tra should present the finest en tertainment at the Thanksgiving Dance in the Mess Hall Thursday night that A and M has ever wit nessed. The dance will be honoring both Texas A and M and Texas University football and cross country teams. Harman, who,is s native Penn sylvanian, attended the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, and has play ed for prom* at most of the lead ing colleges in the East, such as: Cornell, Yale, Harvard, Amherst, Dartmouth, Princeton, New York University, and numerous others. He has also played on both the National and Columbia Broadcast ing Systems. In Miss Paula Fraser, Harman leading the In midfle d, the “fish’ clicked well shifty field offense with Fred Wright, general from Bastrop, attack. Wright asada several long runs and was instru mental in harrying the ball to the scoring lohes on several of these jaunts. GUnn Wyatt, immediately after entering the game in the lat ter part of the first quarter made two 20-yahd runs and for awhile looked as if he were going to car ry the ball over for a touchdown but the Cardinal line strengthened and held When the little Cadets came intq the ten yard line. Probably the outstanding star on Coach Gray's Cardinals was Smith, a ( pound tackle from Nederland. Smith was in almost every play, breaking up the Aggie attacks several times before they could get started and opening up large gaps in the line. Ted Dorsey, halfback, made the longest run for the Cardinals and also the longest run of the game. On a surprise play when the M Fish" had the Car dinals backed up to the 2-yard | _ line, Ik>r*ey went back into the 12 punt formation but instead of ; 13 kicking, went through an open- 14 mg in the line made by Smith. 15 and raced through the. surprised 13 freshmen for 41 yards "before he n was stopped by Wyatt. First down honors went to the Fish by making 11 to Lamar's 4. Although tho game with Lamar AI>ove are six of Matty Bell’s mainstays in the 1933 A and M football machine. These Ag in ?s will go far in repelling Texas University's Longhorns tomorrow. \ . «■ i—i ■ , - —-4. ■ — STARTING LINE-UPS Tetxas University Position Texas A and M FNDELL :buhr (ARTT |ITH (Captain) NNINGTON ATES UNGER IGAN tNOLD IARD LAURENCE LEFT END LEFT TACKLE LEFT GUARD CENTER RIGHT GUARD RIGHT TACKLE RIGHT END QUARTERBACK LEFT HALF RIGHT HALF FULLBACK 1 MURRAY JORDAN WOODLAND ROACH J CONOLEY CUMMINGS (Captain) ROBERTSON COUSER : STRINGFELLOW BARFIELD) GREGORY. Officials: L. R. (Dutch) Meyer (Miss.), referee; Roscqt Minton (Indi), umpire; Hafry Viner (Mo.), head linesman; and E. C. (Mule) Frayer (Baylor), field jtldie. Itexas ROSTER Will present one of the most popu lar torch singers and entertained Junior College was the last on the aow touring the $mnh. schedule, the freshmen will con- Very interesting *torie* have tinue to work out. Coach Higgin- been told of Haftdan, who is pre- botham announced, until Thanke- maturely grey, his hair having turned grey within a period of two months at the age of eighteen. Har- man- prefers to discuss the cause Of the rapid change privately, . Iwwsvar, with those who are cur- Mk Other nationally famous spots that Dave Harman and his orehes- ■ tra have played are the Million - Dollar Pier. Atlantic City, New \ Jersey; Palais D’or, New" York; Yoeng’s Resturant, New York City; Picadilly Club, Philadelphia; and William Penn Hotel, Pitta- burg. giving and the numerals will be presented one week from that date. •W SPECIAL PREVIEW Wednesday night at eleven o’clock there will be a spe cial preview of “Footligkt Parade” gt the Palace The atre in Btyan. The manage-, ment of t)ie theatre has an nounced that there will be a special bus returning to Col lege after the show. J' Name Talbert Niebuhr Had lock Fagan Sanger Wettel Pre jean Hilliard Johaston Hubbell - . Phillips Weir Van Zandt Gray Preibisch Weller Pennington Whitman Smith Greear Barbel Laurence Jurecha Coatee Mennenbruch Mi 1 S. W. CONFERENCE STANDING A AND M ROSTER undell Max son Arnold Bohls Mayne Hughes Beasley Platt Wysong Bell Team— W. L. Pet. No. Names Arkansas - 4-4 1 AW 6 Stringfellow T C U * 2 .600 6 Martin Baylor 2 .600 7 Thompson ‘A and M ,..l 2 .500 10 Co user Texas ;.j 3 .400 11 Randow S M U - 3 .409 12 Witkowaki Rice r .20# 14 Roach Full M c I 7 I 1 16 Reid Team— w. L. Pet. 16 \ Barfield T C U 1-8 2 .800 17 ; Dominguc Arkansas .. 4.7 2 .771 19 I Fowler A and M I 6 8 .66$ 20 Crow Baylor .4.1 4 .565 21 Maxwell S M y - J.4 6 .444 22 Reiehardt Texas 6 .444 23 Stack Rice .Is 7 A0O 24 | Gregory Season’s Records ■ 25 Co no ley TEXAS 26 Kimbrough A and M 38 A and M 13 A and M 84 A and M 17. A and M 7„.. A and M 14 A and M 0... A and M 0... A and M 27.. -...-....iMthweatarn 0 Texaa Mi»ae 6 — -...Nebraalca 26 . Oklahoma 9 Centenary 0 _J_ Rice 0 - S MJU • Baylor S T C p 30 .Arkanaa* 20 L AND M —THaity 0 Tulane 6 89 FRONT BASEME 1 1. . 1 , 1 • . Sam Houston 14.40 Texaa A am) I 0 41 T C U H Baylor 7 Centenary 20 S M U 1® Rice 0 Breedlove Woodland Merka ' Haynes Murray Conns Bey , Callahap Nolan ! Cummings, Kenderdine Golasiaaki Crow, J. f i Robertaon (I Spencer Wilkina, Godwin Ullrich j Tohline Irwin Jordan ■ ‘ ’.'tr Position* Half Quarter Half Quarter Quarter Half Center Half Half Quarter Half Guard Guard Center Center Full Guard Half Guard Guard Tackle End End End Full Tackle Tackle End Guard Guard End Full End Guard Tackle End Guard Tackle Captain Hector Fuentes led the j Aggie harriers against a strong | Longhorn seven to tie for Confer- ! ence Championship honors Houston Saturday, November 25, each team Kcoring 32 points. The Rice Institute Owls, the only other entrant in the meet, ran a poor third. George Wilson, spectacular Tex as runner, finished first and was followed by Wilson of Rice, the only Owl to place in the first ten. Oneal Arche** captain of the Texas team, finished third, then Captain Fuentes led Foy Cook, Taylor, and Laaglev across the lint to place 4th. 6th, 6th, and 7th. Storm and Cox of Texas placed 8th and 9th and Barnett of A and M placed tenth. Those (hen finishing in the 1 first ten place* received letters for the meet. ’• The conference championship remains undecided but it may be given to A and M When the South west Conference Officials hold their meeting in Dallas on Decem ber 9th to decide the conference football championship. Cross coun try championships are decided by the placing of the first five men on each team and in the event of a tie Che placing of the sixth man of either team usually breaks the tie. Figuring on this basis, A and M would be given the champion ship, since both DuBois and Roy Cook came in ahead of Heddon and Cohen, the 6th and 7th member* of the Texas team, but since the Southwest Conference has no def inite ruling on cross country ties, no definite decision can be made until the meeting of the officials on the ninth of December. In the event that A and M is adjudged winner of the champion ship, A and M will lead the con ference in all-time croes country championships having six crowns and one tie to ite credit against six crowns for the Longhorns. A and M tied with Rice in 1928 and teams will be fighting for tradi tion as well as for their coaches. Both teams will be playing their last games under their present coaches. Although at the first of the sea son, A and M was touted to be the outstanding contender) for the conference championship and the Longhorns were rated along with the cellar, the Cadets went on a downward path and at the middle of the season, the two teams were being rated exactly opposite to the way they were at the first of the yaak. Coach Littlefield’s aggrega tion seemed to gather strength as it went along and reached its peak when his team took over the strong S M U Mustangs 10-0. The Aggies reached their peak of defeat when this same herd of Mustangs came to College Station and trounced the Cadets 19-0. Tho latter part of the season saw the Faraiers stage a comeback when they trounced the Rice Owls 27-0 and the same day saw the high flying Longhorns take a bad turn- * ble St the hands of T C U by a 30-0. margin. Not much can be judged from 't-a-ons standings on how the Ag* gie-Steer game urill turn out be- • cause on '.his occasion, which has been' rifjhtly called the ^isiracle game,” the weaker team often by mere grit and determination soars up and completely overwhelms the stronger eleven. The best possible background for this game is past games. They show the annual grid battle be tween these old rival# is something apart to itself, not depending on conference standings nor any kind of football dope, but upon the fight showed by the teams on the field that one day when they meet. Tomorrow’s battle will be the fortieth time that these two t**mf ■f I k* n (Continued on Page 7) t 37 GIVEN ROSS VOLUNTEER CONGRATULATIONS Junifcn and Seniors Will Be Initiated Sunday Afternoon. December 17, In Animal Husbandry Pavilion. to date Rice has three crowns and one tie to her credit. Coach Anderson said today that both A and M and’Texas Univer- 1 sity have had the best cross coun try team* this year that they have ever had. He further stated that he had thoroughly enjoyed work ing with his men this season snd that all of them had contributed wholeheartedly to the successful ness of our season. GRATITUDE To show its feeling of friendship and respect the cadet corps will present to Coach Matty Bell a sterling silver bowl and set of eight silver goblets Wednesday night preceding the annual Thanksgiving bonfire. By his clean sportsmanship and hard fighting during his five years at A and M, Coach Bell has won a place in the heart of every cadet. \ Congratulations were extendep} to thirty-seven members of the junior class who were recently el ected to membership in the Ross Volunteers, on Kyle Field Sunday afternoon, November 26, Those juniors who were elected to mem bership in the honorary organi sation are: A. P. Meador, Waco; L. R. A Id well, Sonora; B. W. Rog ers, San Antonio; Richard Alex ander, La Grange; A. B. Swank. Wills Peint; J. C. McRaney, San Antonio; K. A. J. Monier, San Antonio; R. H. Bulks, San An tonio; M. C. Dillingham^, Ft. Worth; F. O. 'Dellinger, Beau mont; W. R. Langston, San Anto nio; Kay Halsell, Bryan; S. J. Miller, San Antonio; W. H. Sea man, Houston; J. A. Muller, Dal las; L. M. Morgan, College, Sta tion; E.. E. Tucker, Summerrifie; Tom Dooley, McKinney; J. E. Evans, Plainyfew; G. H. Williams, San Antonio; W. L. Boothe, Sweet water; H. T. Bbiley, Corpus Chriati;'G. D. Commas, Cuero; J. J. Cloener, Houston; R. H. KJofs- ner, Ediaberg; L. M. Sommers, San Antonio; J. B. Johnson, Car- riso Springs; Richard Rodfrish, Dodd City; R. A. Bell, Hereford; * G. H. Lambert, Shreveport; C, Y. 1- / (Continued on Page 8) y i ■ i > iki.